June 6, 1944 D-Day
This is the 76th anniversary of one of history’s biggest military gambles – the invasion of Normandy. There were so many things that had to fall into place for it to work, that it really is amazing that it did.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt told a news conference the invasion did not mean the war was over. He said: “You don’t just walk to Berlin, and the sooner this country realizes that the better.”
The war continued for almost a year, but FDR did not, dying a month before the German surrender.
This is what it was like when the US had adults in the White House.
